Commodities · candlestick pattern
Inside bar on Copper
On Copper the inside bar showed up 288 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 49% of the time, broke down 51% and stayed inside 0%.
Counted on Copper futures: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 259 | 51% | 49% | 0% |
| Hourly | 29 | 34% | 66% | 0% |
Copper against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | 288 | 49% | 51% | 0% |
| All Commodities charts | 1,818 | 52% | 46% | 2% |
| Every market | 274,736 | 50% | 48% | 2% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 36 | 50% | 50% |
| 2017 | 36 | 56% | 44% |
| 2018 | 27 | 41% | 59% |
| 2019 | 26 | 54% | 46% |
| 2020 | 34 | 62% | 38% |
| 2021 | 27 | 37% | 63% |
| 2022 | 24 | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 | 21 | 48% | 52% |
| 2024 | 19 | 42% | 58% |
| 2025 | 27 | 59% | 41% |
| 2026 | 11 | 18% | 82% |
The last 8 times
- 7 Aug 2026, 12:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 7 Aug 2026, 03:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 5 candles
- 6 Aug 2026, 10:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 6 Aug 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 5 Aug 2026, 03:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 4 Aug 2026, 22:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 3 candles
- 3 Aug 2026, 17:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 6 candles
- 14 Jun 2026, 23:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
Counted by the Trading Class research engine on real past candles: entry at the signal candle's close, target 1.5 × ATR(14), stop 1 × ATR(14), 12 candles to decide, a candle that touches both counts as the stop. How we count. Past data, not a forecast and not advice.
What the inside bar is
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.
Think of a small box that fits inside a bigger box. An inside bar is a candle whose whole range, wicks and all, fits inside the candle before it. Price is resting in a smaller space, like a spring being squeezed.
The full inside bar lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on Copper
Stochastic bearish cross · Doji · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · MACD bearish cross · Volume profile rejection · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · Volume profile bounce · MACD bullish cross · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Gold · Silver · Crude oil · Natural gas · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY
Questions
How often does the inside bar work on Copper?
In 288 cases on Copper, price broke up 49% of the time, broke down 51% and stayed inside 0% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.